Hamilton confident after leading Friday practice

23 comments on “Hamilton confident after leading Friday practice”

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   Valentino (@valentino)
   27th July 2012, 18:12

   Does anyone know what are the changes made to the first corner?
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      27th July 2012, 19:10

      @valentino There’s no detail of any changes to turn one on the information issued by the FIA – it just mentions the resurfacing around the final turn.
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         Valentino (@valentino)
         27th July 2012, 22:35

         Sorry, I thought I heard they made the main straight longer and made modifications to the first corner to make overtakes easier.
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            Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
            27th July 2012, 23:04

            @valentino They did, but it was back in 2003!

            Changing tracks: Hungaroring
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   Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
   27th July 2012, 18:54

   Hope Senna finally manages to really outshine his team mate all the weekend. I don’t like how Williams only give Senna’s car to Bottas at every friday practice, it should be balanced between all 3 drivers. It really penalizes Senna, and surely that shows during the Grand Prix.
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      Skett (@skett)
      27th July 2012, 19:52

      @fer-no65
      I seem to recall something about the PDVSA contract williams have saying that they must have a Venezuelan driver in all sessions where possible. Could be wrong though. To be fair to Senna he did know the deal when he signed the contract.
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         Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
         28th July 2012, 2:30

         @skett well, that’s unfair too.
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      matt90 (@matt90)
      27th July 2012, 20:35

      He needs a good race for the sake of his F1 career. As a fan, I hope he manages it- China was a long time ago.
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   DaveW (@dmw)
   27th July 2012, 19:01

   Sunny and hot tomorrow (in Budapest, anyway). And maybe no rain until the evening on Sunday. I’m expecting a McLaren lock-out on Saturday. On Sunday, I figure Hamilton or Button to win, but look out for RAI. The Lotus is looking quicker and quicker all the time. As ususal little to say about RBR. They may be smarting for the loss of their quasi-TC, but they often look slowish on Friday but then rise up in Q3.
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   Cornflakes (@cornflakes)
   27th July 2012, 19:03

   Around 9/10ths slower than last years P2 time. I guess we didn’t see full potential because of the rain in the last half, but it goes to show how valuable the EBD were.
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   SD (@sd)
   27th July 2012, 19:56

   Martin Brundle was saying before P1 that there is a rule which states that if you lay down rubber on the pit lane, you have to go out on the track. I have no clue what he was talking about, can anyone please clarify?
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      James (@jamesf1)
      27th July 2012, 20:06

      It refers to drivers who spin up their wheels on their pit box. Drivers do this to give them a little more grip when leaving the pit lane, just to give them an extra .1 or .2 of a second advantage if at all possible. Once they have done so, they have to go out on to the track, supposedly. However, I’m sure teams wheel the car back into the garage after some, unless this is after the session has ended.
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   sid_prasher (@)
   27th July 2012, 20:36

   Going by how close the cars have generally been this year, McLarens are looking very very fast!
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   Tom (@newdecade)
   27th July 2012, 22:16

   Not surprising to see a Red Bull top the speed table when the engine is finally producing the torque that its revs say it should be!!
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      Lothario
      27th July 2012, 23:08

      +1
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      who's better who's best
      27th July 2012, 23:14

      And of course they have shed some drag with the loss of downforce

      How ever they only had that torque map at hockenhiem so I doubt it has anything to do with that

      Perhaps they were running low fuel and are just rubbish around the corners
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      Mike (@mike)
      28th July 2012, 5:33

      I’d be very surprised if Red Bull had bended to rules to slow themselves down O.o

      What Red Bull had been trying to do, was increase the downforce at the bottle neck, and reduce the wheel spin of the car as it accelerates. Neither of which would have slowed them down along the straight.
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      AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
      28th July 2012, 11:00

      @newdecade I’m reckoning that Vettel perhaps got a tow, considering that Webber is so far down.
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      N
      28th July 2012, 11:13

      The engine maps were helping the driver open the throttle more mid-corner, allowing more air to flow through the exhaust to get more downforce, and also helping not spin up the rears too much, helping tyre wear.

      Neither of these things have anything to do with top end speeds, which are taken at the end of the longest straight. :]
8. 

   Pa
   28th July 2012, 2:00

   FOM misquote on Webber

   “There’s no change from the engine mapbeping amend.”

   should have been

   “There’s no change from the engine mapping my end.”
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      28th July 2012, 8:05

      The quote in the article is accurate.
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   F1 Lunatic (@f1lunatic)
   28th July 2012, 9:45

   @Keithcollantine – Have I already told you how pleasing the color/font combo is on this site’s pages? Well, it sure is!

   I hope it would not be too much to ask if you could possibly incorporate color change in the news/headlines that has already been read once by an user, for that user? I seem to get a little confused on what I’ve read/unread during each visit.

   Thanks in advance!
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    AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
    28th July 2012, 11:04

    McLaren certainly seem quick but so do Lotus. The E20 is fast and is probably the most consistent car when it comes to actual speed but they jut can’t use it when it matters, it’s qualifying that let’s them down.

    Strange to see an RB8 on top of the speed trap, and a Caterham. Could the drivers perhaps have benefited from a tow?

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